You know you lead a tough life when you get sick of drinking your favourite alcoholic beverage. All together now: SIGH.

Especially if you're a guy and it's so often just assumed you'll be content with a beer. Well what if you don't feel like one on this particular occasion? What if you're all beered out?

Never fear, we've got you covered. The Huffington Post Australia reached out to some of Australia's best bartenders, mixologists and other alcohol experts to find out their favourite (non-beer) drinks for dudes.

Here is what they came up with. Enjoy.

1. Welcome Home Sour

Johnnie Walker

Ingredients:

45ml Johnnie Walker Green Label Scotch Whisky

20ml Lemon juice

Half an egg white

Teaspoon of caster sugar

Method:

Add all ingredients into a shaker, add ice and shake vigorously.

Glass: Tumbler

Garnish: Lemon twist

Recipe courtesy of National Whisky Ambassador and former Masterchef contestant, Sean Baxter.

2. Lagavulin Penicillin

Sweet&Chilli

Ingredients:

45ml Johnnie Walker Black Label

20ml lemon juice

10ml Creamed honey syrup

10ml ginger juice

15ml float Lagavulin 16 year old

Method:

Shake with ice and strain over block ice in a fancy rock glass. Float the Lagavulin and garnish with candied ginger.

3. Archie Rose Gin Martini

Archie Rose

Ingredients:

50mls of Archie Rose Distiller's Strength Gin*

10ml dry vermouth

Lemon

Ice

Method:

Fill a cocktail glass with ice and water, set aside. Pour 50mls of Archie Rose Distiller's Strength Gin and 10ml dry vermouth into a cocktail shaker with ice -- stir for 20 seconds. Remove ice and water from cocktail glass, then pour gin and vermouth into cocktail glass from shaker. Rub a lemon twist around the lip of the glass and garnish.

* Archie Rose Distiller's Strength Gin is a new gin launching on Monday 19th Sept. It's an overproof gin for those who love bigger, bolder flavours.

4. Maker's Mark Old Fashioned

Makers Mark

Ingredients:

60ml Maker's Mark whisky

2x dashes Australian Bitters Co bitters

1x teaspoon of sugar

1x teaspoon of water

1x orange peel

Ice

Method:

Place sugar and water in the bottom of your Old Fashioned glass and stir until disolved. Add bitters and whisky. Fill your glass 3/4 full with ice cubes and stir for 20 seconds or until your preferred dilution is achieved. Top with fresh ice. Garnish with an orange twist.

Recipe courtesy of Maker's Mark Old Fashioned Week. Find out more info here.